MacBook Pro Retina, won't boot with USB3 attached.

Hi!
Enjoying my new computer(ofcourse), thought i ran into a troublesome problem:
I plugged in Flashdrive 2, restarted and starting to hold alt to get into the boot menu.
But it never showed up(tested for about 5min), the screen showed up in gray, but then no more action was seen.
I pulled out Flashdrive 2 and had to hold the power key for a hard stop.
Then started the computer as normal and the boot menu showed up just as normal!
I repeated the process but with Flashdrive 1.
And the very same course was repeated.
Again I repeated the process but with Flashdrive 3 (with the very same ISO on it).
The install of windows succeded without any problem at all!
Note: When booted up in OSX i can read and format all the drives wiihout any type of error.
Computer: MacBook Pro Retina; RAM: 8gb, SSD: 256gb. MacBook Pro and Air Update 1.0 Installed.
Flashdrive 1a: Corsair Flash Voyager 8GB USB3; Ubuntu, bootable.
Flashdrive 1b: Corsair Flash Voyager 8GB USB3; Empty
Flashdrive 2: Corsair Flash Voyager 8GB USB3; Windows 8, bootable.
Flashdrive 3: SanDisk 4GB USB2, Windows 8, bootable.

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